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Re: Dragonforce

there are so many lovely bands out there in metal, flower metal is so...snobby to me. Almost every one i know who listens to it says "Oh the other forms of metal are ok....they just dont have the message and feeling of flower metal" so my perception is just sligtly biased, also i run a metal show on the radio....and im not allowed to play anything softer then Thrash, so i dont get alot of exposure

Re: Dragonforce

like i said before i dont get to paly things lighter then thrash, and i really dont like my metal lighter then thrash to be honest, i love melodic death but thats about as far down the line i go. From what i have heard of them they have no power metal elements and all the elements of love metal that i oh so loath.

Re: Dragonforce

Wait, wait now the lead is singing. Blech. It's okay, but his voice irks me.

*is torn*

While I'm not really into hardcore vocals (at all), I'm into The Showdown (unofficial myspace...new cd not so good; More). If anyone knows any good metal that doesn't have all hardcore growls or whiney annoying voices like (IMO) most of the bands mentioned in here, lay it on me.

Re: Dragonforce

Originally Posted by amodman

While I'm not really into hardcore vocals (at all), I'm into The Showdown (unofficial myspace...new cd not so good; More). If anyone knows any good metal that doesn't have all hardcore growls or whiney annoying voices like (IMO) most of the bands mentioned in here, lay it on me.

Hmm, the music of The Showdown doesn't seem too bad, but the hardcore shouts are pretty damn terrible and those metalcore-type clean vocals are so incredebly cringeworthy

Anyhoo, seek and yee shall find:

Black Atom: Scottish metal band, the singer's a friend of mine. He's not very good to be honest, but decent and definitely neither whiny or hardcore-ish.http://myspace.com/blackatom

Astral Doors: Okay, so their originality is like -10 as they are pretty much 100% what Dio would sound like if he made modern power metal. That said, it still rocks a lot. http://www.myspace.com/astraldoors

Cans: solo band of Hammerfall's frontman. His best vocal job so far as he pushes the lower end of his range to excellent results. Pretty heavy, too. Clickedy-click

Virgin Steele: OMG BEST BAND EVER! Well I think so anyways. I can't really think of any description that would do them justice, so just let the music speak for itself: http://www.myspace.com/virginsteele

Gamma Ray: Please tell me you already know these guys. Please. Anyways, Rebellion in Dreamland is the best thing my lovely home country of Germany has ever produced, easily trumping even Weißbier. Vey oh vey, what a long link

Heathen: More heavier, old school thrash type stuff. True Communists that they are, they are offering both of their album for free download on their own website, http://heathenmetal.com/. Really, every band should do that.

Jag Panzer: And some American metal goodness here, too. http://www.jagpanzer.com/html/downloads/audio.htm
I'd especially recommend the tracks "Three Voices of Fate", "King at a Price", "Licensed to Kill" and "Take to the Sky"
The Lord Weird Slough Feg: Weird band name? Well, it's a weird band. Imagine Iron Maiden mixed with early Black Sabbath and some celtic folk thrown in for good measure. Loevely. http://www.myspace.com/sloughfeg

Rage: German metal juggernaut. Released some 18 or so albums in the last 23 years and and changed styles quite a bit. The only constants are that it's all metal, and all good. I personally like their two orchestral albums "Ghosts" and "XIII" best. http://www.rage-on.de/ => mediahttp://www.myspace.com/rageofficial

Riot: American band. Changed style and singers quite frequently, ranging from hard rock to speed and power metal. http://www.riotsweb.com/

Re: Dragonforce

Katatonia is always nice if you like slow music. The vocalist is kind of melancholic, but it doesn't matter.

If you prefer harsher vocals, but not quite screaming Ensiferum and Wintersun are both very good. They are both melodic death metal, but the vocalist is understandable, but still guttural.

This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we dont give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, thats all we wanted to do.

Re: Dragonforce

In adition to those i will recomend the following:
For those who like it fast and technical, there's also Angra, Elvenking and Angra.
For those who like their powermetal with a lot of atmosphere, there's Iced Earth, Dreamtone and Excelsis.

Originally Posted by Lord of the Helms

Black Atom: Scottish metal band, the singer's a friend of mine. He's not very good to be honest, but decent and definitely neither whiny or hardcore-ish.http://myspace.com/blackatom

Well, the vocals could really be better, and a lot of the music was very NWBHM. What realy helps this band out is the clean, accoustic parts. they are really great. Just bought their album.

Re: Dragonforce

Big Blind Guardian Fan here. The first three albums and Nightfall in Middle-Earth I like best. I have all of them except A Twist in The Myst. I doubt that I will buy that one. The only song from A Night At the Opera that didn't get on my nerves is the magnificient And Then There Was Silence.

The first album from Demon & Wizards was good, but I was seriously disaapointed with the second.

Rhapsody (of Fire) ? Good Power Metal but so kitsch. I like their earlier stuff though (up to and including Power of the Dragonflame). But after that ... kitsch OD ... shudder.

Last edited by Amiria; 2007-04-11 at 03:01 PM.

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Originally Posted by KillingAScarab

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Re: Dragonforce

Kataklysm is wonderful, as is Gardinean if you just listen to Sindustries....theh other two arnt that great and should be purged. Ill second Fintntroll, nothing like speed ploka to get the juicnes flowing. Bolt Thrower and The Haunted is also amazing. none of them are power metal but they are just as good, or better if you like heavier.